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george lewis joins us from our bureau in burbank. describe the case against the eight city leaders. >> contessa, they're accused of looting the city treasury to the tune of $5.5 million appropriating the money for their own use without taxpayers' permission. it revolves around the high salaries paid to former city manager, robert rizzo and seven others. rizzo apparently had a compensation package that totalled $1.5 million. the way they did this was about five years ago bell was made a charter city which gave the city council sweeping powers to approve high salaries for themselves without taxpayer approval, only about 400 people voted in that election. bell is a very low income blue collar city with a lot of immigrants, many of whom do not speak english, many of whom are not even eligible to vote so low voter participation in civic affairs, was one of the reasons that apparently this was all able to happen. now, of course, after the los angeles times broke the salary scandal in july, the law enforcement officials, the district attorn
george lewis joins us from our bureau in burbank. describe the case against the eight city leaders. >> contessa, they're accused of looting the city treasury to the tune of $5.5 million appropriating the money for their own use without taxpayers' permission. it revolves around the high salaries paid to former city manager, robert rizzo and seven others. rizzo apparently had a compensation package that totalled $1.5 million. the way they did this was about five years ago bell was made a...
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bill karins joins us. you have your work cut out for you. >> this is reminiscesent of when we went back to 2005. we went through the alphabet and had to go to the greek alphabet. all the storms have not been near us. 2005 we had the katrinas and this year everything away from us. mexico had to deal with the tropical storm that happened about an hour ago. tropical storm karl made landfall north of belize and probably doing minor damage. more warm water should restrengthen. here's the forecast from the hurricane center and take it back out into the gulf thursday night into friday morning and bring it up to a category 1 hurricane and then makes landfall for a second time in mexico. texas, you look safe from this storm. here's our computer models and all stay well to the south through the southern mexico. from texas to florida up the east coast, we're okay. the two big storms, this is just a rare event and kind of a treat to watch it from afar. you don't get two category 4 hurricanes usually this close to each
bill karins joins us. you have your work cut out for you. >> this is reminiscesent of when we went back to 2005. we went through the alphabet and had to go to the greek alphabet. all the storms have not been near us. 2005 we had the katrinas and this year everything away from us. mexico had to deal with the tropical storm that happened about an hour ago. tropical storm karl made landfall north of belize and probably doing minor damage. more warm water should restrengthen. here's the...
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some people call us frick and frack. we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do [ pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever. ♪ [ laughing ] [ boy laughs ] ♪ to know, know, know you after this we're gonna get ice cream. can we go get some ice cream? yeah. ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do >>> we are following breaking news for you here. an aviation source told nbc news president carter was on a delta flight and when it landed he was taken to the hospital. according to the website, the president was scheduled to be at a book signing event for his new book, white house diary that was supposed to be in ohio outside of cleveland. it was going to be at the joseph beth book sellers. we are hearing from a source telling us now the president was on this delta flight and when it landed he was taken by secret service hospital. the details are sketchy at this point about what might be behind a visit to the hospital visit for the former president. he has been in the news because of the
some people call us frick and frack. we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do [ pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever. ♪ [ laughing ] [ boy laughs ] ♪ to know, know, know you after this we're gonna get ice cream. can we go get some ice cream? yeah. ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do >>> we are following breaking news for you here. an aviation source told nbc news president carter was on a delta flight and when...
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he joins us live from washington. thanks for being here with us today. so what is the tea party manifesto? >> well, this book is about who these folks are, hwhere they coe from, how they get to be such an extremely influential important force in the election cycle, what they want from the government, and how legitimate they are against all the silly irresponsible allegations made about them. >> chairman, if you could, many people are familiar with the gop platform, but maybe not the manifesto or the tea party. what is the difference between the tea party and the republican party? >> well, we want a constitutionally limited small government that is responsible of taxpayers dollars. you cannot suggest the republican party has been careful with how they've spent people's money in recent years. we think the republican party is capable of rehabilitating itself to be in the responsible party of government. we need to encourage them and force them to move in that direction. we want respect for the constitution. we want the government to leave their hands off co
he joins us live from washington. thanks for being here with us today. so what is the tea party manifesto? >> well, this book is about who these folks are, hwhere they coe from, how they get to be such an extremely influential important force in the election cycle, what they want from the government, and how legitimate they are against all the silly irresponsible allegations made about them. >> chairman, if you could, many people are familiar with the gop platform, but maybe not the...
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this encompasses all of us. i'm just the one that's here to receive it, i guess, today. >> and you're very modest about that, but i have to say everything i read about what you did, absolutely remarkable and truly heroic. and a lot of it, not just about that incident, but about what happened in the valley in afghanistan back in 2007 is written about so extraordinarily. he spent about a year with you guys. i just want to set it up a little. so you're going down a trail. you come under an ambush by taliban fighters. there's also this machine gunfire. you get hit. fortunately you're wearing body armor. but you lead a couple other guys in and start rescuing other members of your platoon. tell me a little bit about that moment when you came under fire your and your decision to risk your own lives to save the others. >> it wasn't a decision i had to make. it was already going to happen. that is what the training was for. we didn't go to tour unprepared. we went very prepared. and every single person out there that day
this encompasses all of us. i'm just the one that's here to receive it, i guess, today. >> and you're very modest about that, but i have to say everything i read about what you did, absolutely remarkable and truly heroic. and a lot of it, not just about that incident, but about what happened in the valley in afghanistan back in 2007 is written about so extraordinarily. he spent about a year with you guys. i just want to set it up a little. so you're going down a trail. you come under an...
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luke russert joins us from capitol hill. where do we stand right now on getting the votes just to move the ball forward? >> reporter: all indications right now, contessa, the democrats will not have the necessary republican votes to break the filibuster on the defense reauthorization bill and hence the debite on it will not go forward. it willie happen after the midterm elections. this is something harry reid deeply wanted to move forward. obviously the don't ask, don't tell is something that excites a lot of democrats, definitely fires up you their base. a lot feel it's morally the right thing to do. that being said, republicans don't necessarily have an adversement to repealing don't ask, don't tell. they're averse to doing it in the manner you're talking about. a lot of republicans have the chance of amendments will not be offered in debate. harry reid would be limiting the amount of the amendments, that's what's alienated voters such as susan collins we heard from as well as owe lip pa snowe. it will be interesting to se
luke russert joins us from capitol hill. where do we stand right now on getting the votes just to move the ball forward? >> reporter: all indications right now, contessa, the democrats will not have the necessary republican votes to break the filibuster on the defense reauthorization bill and hence the debite on it will not go forward. it willie happen after the midterm elections. this is something harry reid deeply wanted to move forward. obviously the don't ask, don't tell is something...
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bill gavin, great to have you with us. thank you, sir. >> thanks, thomas, my pleasure. >>> signs that kim jong-il has chosen his youngest son to be his successor. what do we know about him? a live report from south korea coming up. >>> was sarah palin booed on "dancing with the stars"? 3q (ve) i love working with animals, but my allergies put me in a fog. so now, i'm claritin clear! claritin works great on all my allergies like dust, mold, pollen, or pets without making me drowsy, cause i want to be alert around this big guy. live claritin clear. indoors and out. >>> following two breaking news stories this morning. the first one at the university of texases at austin where the campus is on lockdown. we understand a gunman came into the library there and opened fire and then fatally shot himself, however, campus police are searching for a potential second suspect. right now i understand we have someone on the phone. cindy posy a student at the university -- cindy, excuse us here. explain to us what happened there this morn
bill gavin, great to have you with us. thank you, sir. >> thanks, thomas, my pleasure. >>> signs that kim jong-il has chosen his youngest son to be his successor. what do we know about him? a live report from south korea coming up. >>> was sarah palin booed on "dancing with the stars"? 3q (ve) i love working with animals, but my allergies put me in a fog. so now, i'm claritin clear! claritin works great on all my allergies like dust, mold, pollen, or pets...
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kelly o'donnell is in washington and joins us me to talk about that. maybe this is interesting to point out. it was 1999. she was on the show with bill maher where outlandish things are picked up, and they're looking for ratings, is this going to stick to her campaign? >> we'll see. what she's trying to do is again use humor to dismiss it, to say this is about -- she was talking about something back in her high school days. she was a part of a comedy show, she was a frequent guests on many kinds of television and comedy and news shows as a part of her job advocating for socially conservative issues. now flash forward to 2010. she's saying this is about delaware and the voters there and she's going to focus on issues. so part of her argument is that she says she never intended to be a politician, which is very appealing in the tea party movement because she would have never said all the things getting so much scrutiny now had she had the senate in her plan. tonight she'll appear at a forum with other candidates. her democratic opponent will not be there
kelly o'donnell is in washington and joins us me to talk about that. maybe this is interesting to point out. it was 1999. she was on the show with bill maher where outlandish things are picked up, and they're looking for ratings, is this going to stick to her campaign? >> we'll see. what she's trying to do is again use humor to dismiss it, to say this is about -- she was talking about something back in her high school days. she was a part of a comedy show, she was a frequent guests on...
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guys, thank you for joining us. doesn't the white house actually want the vote at the moment so they can tout it as a win going into midterms? >> i think they want this vote and there are members of the senate and house who wanted this vote. ultimately leadership decided it didn't make sense for them which is a shame because most americans can agree that at a time of incredible deficits now is not the time to be giving an additional tax break to the richest americans. so, while i don't think this was the most politically savvy move for democrats, i think this would have been a good thing for them going into midterms to force a vote on this. i do think there is a silver lining which is when we come back from midterms, i think you're more likely to get some republican support for this. >> john, who would stand to gain by delaying this, by putting this off? >> it's a very good question, richard. i think if you look at the democrats, you could charge them with legislative malpractice. they didn't do a budget at the begi
guys, thank you for joining us. doesn't the white house actually want the vote at the moment so they can tout it as a win going into midterms? >> i think they want this vote and there are members of the senate and house who wanted this vote. ultimately leadership decided it didn't make sense for them which is a shame because most americans can agree that at a time of incredible deficits now is not the time to be giving an additional tax break to the richest americans. so, while i don't...
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but we didn't use anything all day. we sat there and relative quietness just kind of watching the surrounding terrain. so i had all -- everything i left in the morning with i had that night. >> sergeant, it is lou martinez with abc news. can i ask you and your wife what the last week has been for you since the news came out and saw reactions of the reports of president obama's call to both of you. can you describe once again what that was like? >> for me, the call from the president -- i had a little bit of warning from sal that it was going to happen so i was at his office and -- i mean, it was -- it was intense. it was exciting. when the call came through, i was really really proud. i was proud to know sal and proud to be with him and proud to be his wife. i'm proud of what he went through and i was emotional, of course. there was a lot of emotions running through me. of course, good emotions and sad emotions for those that were lost. but it was also -- it's a very -- it was very intense. very intense moment. and the
but we didn't use anything all day. we sat there and relative quietness just kind of watching the surrounding terrain. so i had all -- everything i left in the morning with i had that night. >> sergeant, it is lou martinez with abc news. can i ask you and your wife what the last week has been for you since the news came out and saw reactions of the reports of president obama's call to both of you. can you describe once again what that was like? >> for me, the call from the president...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> following a developing story now. live shots of pope benedict. he has just met and greeted former prime minister tony blair. we saw gordon blair there as well and now speaking with margaret thatcher. so, again, this is the pope's big visit to great britain on day when several men were arrested for an alleged plot against the pontiff. however, nothing -- the pontiff, we're told, was never in any danger. >>> a big test for afghanistan tomorrow. it will try to hold a legitimate election in the wake of last year's disastrous president's vote. one major issue, security. police set up extra checkpoints aimed at prevent be suicide bombers from disrupting the election. a taliban threatened to carry out threats against the voters in elections across the country. we go to john yang in kabul. john? >> reporter: good ev
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the same events used. the difference, obviously, women featured in the mama grizzly and in the new one with the tea party, you see a lot of big burly guys at the rallies. >> sure. she had campaigned for a lot of women. she endorsed a lot of men during the campaign as well. this ad, really, this web video. there's no money behind it. this web video had been -- it's sort of a good bookend to the end of the primary season. she's touting the fact that the tea party is a movement that's here, that needs to be reckoned with. we've been talking about the biggest story line heading into this election, the lack of democratic enthusiasm. you can see all the people in that web video certainly fired up. they're going to vote. sarah palin attaching herself to this movement. she's been doing that for the past year or so. we saw her speak in nashville and boston, other places really leading parts of the tea party. not saying she's a leader. >> heavy on enthusiasm with this web video, but short on specifics of what the pa
the same events used. the difference, obviously, women featured in the mama grizzly and in the new one with the tea party, you see a lot of big burly guys at the rallies. >> sure. she had campaigned for a lot of women. she endorsed a lot of men during the campaign as well. this ad, really, this web video. there's no money behind it. this web video had been -- it's sort of a good bookend to the end of the primary season. she's touting the fact that the tea party is a movement that's here,...
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what can you tell us, stephanie, about these arrests? >> it's fair to say that security is of the utmost concern right now and they're working with an abundance of caution when it comes to the pope. this is a plot that surfaced late last night and they didn't waste any time. upon hearing the information, britain's counterterrorism command went in early this morning in westminster, which is a neighborhood in london, central london where the pope is going to be giving a speech later on today. they arrested five men at a shop there and brought them to a police station where they are currently questioning them. so far they have not been charged with anything. but, you know, this is, this is all part of the security operation surrounding the pope. he's been, everywhere he has been there have been streets blocked off. this morning we had difficulty getting to the university where he was speaking to, we showed up a bit too late. once he was on the grounds, they stopped all foot traffic and no one was allowed in or out. they're not taking any ri
what can you tell us, stephanie, about these arrests? >> it's fair to say that security is of the utmost concern right now and they're working with an abundance of caution when it comes to the pope. this is a plot that surfaced late last night and they didn't waste any time. upon hearing the information, britain's counterterrorism command went in early this morning in westminster, which is a neighborhood in london, central london where the pope is going to be giving a speech later on...
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> tea party power at the polls, three big victories against establishment republicans. should the gop be worried about what's going on now? >>> palin in 2012. she's already the engine behind some of these big political upsets. so is a white house run in her future? find out what her parents have to say about that. plus, this -- >> you point fingers at whoever you want to point fingers at, but it has to start in the mirror. what are you doing about it? denzel washington issues a challenge to you and every other u.s. citizen. what will you do to help the country's children
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> i'm tamron hall. right now on msnbc, the party of champions. tea party candidates shake up establishment republicans and primaries across the country and add a new dimension to the november election. what does it mean for the gop, democrats and for our country? >>> and a dream act. could senator harry reid's push for an immigration proposal and repeal of don't ask, don't tell mean the end of an arm's bill. >>> what does lady gaga have to do with all of this? >>> drinking and flying, a pi t pilot, listen to this, suspended for having a cocktail before going into the cockpit. were the results would have been different if he was flying from the united states. >>> plus, this -- why this camel is so unhappy. poor guy had to be rescued after a pretty sticky situation. we'll have the details. >>> we begin with the
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call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> we are watching not one, not two, but three storms. what a busy seizeten has been outside the continental u.s. bill karins has your morning weather. good morning, bill. >> first things first a dangerous situation developing for our friends in mexico. they'll likely deal with a category 2, possibly category 3 hurricane making landfall tomorrow afternoon. they're finding it much stronger than expected and looks like it's rapidly intensifying. not what you want to hear. tampico looks okay. poza rica is pretty much inland, so it's coastal areas near there that will get hit the hardest on friday night. to deal with igor, huge, monster storm. this storm is moving at the speed of a turtle, by the way. take another four days to get to bermuda and hopefully weaken sunday night down to a category 2, but still a blow t
call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> we are watching not one, not two, but three storms. what a busy seizeten has been outside the continental u.s. bill karins has your morning weather. good morning, bill. >> first things first a dangerous situation developing for our friends in mexico. they'll likely deal with a category 2,...
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